Besides the AOL chat client, Skype and GTalk, one of the most popular chat applications is Yahoo Messenger. The Yahoo Messenger software has undergone a lot of transformations and changes to reach its current incarnation in the form of Yahoo Messenger 9.0. It supports and sports all the previous features of older versions of the soft ware and has improved on a lot of them, like file and photo sharing, PC to PC calls, chat rooms, SMS messaging, webcam and file transfer are just some of the buffed up features in this new version.

It also has a sleeker, more sophisticated and modern look, and accompanied by a new Themes option, Yahoo messenger 9.0 is decidedly different from the older versions. The contacts view / list has also been spiced up, and putting a status message has gotten decidedly easier.